Committee on Legal Services Policy for Requests to Review a Rule Out of Cycle

Report of the Health of Colorado's Forest (2015)

This year marks a milestone in tracking forest health and management in Colorado, with this publication representing the 15th annual report on the health of Colorado’s forests. Throughout this period, we’ve witnessed ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Human-Bear Conflict Report (2015)

In response to a growing number of human-bear conflicts in Colorado, the General Assembly passed House Bill 15-1034 calling on Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the agency responsible for managing all of the state's wildli...

Department of Natural Resources Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 2016

Colorado Department of Agriculture Performance Plan for FY16

Final Report of the State Capitol Building Advisory Committee (2016)

To Members of the Seventieth General Assembly: Submitted herewith is the final report of the State Capitol Building Advisory Committee (advisory committee). The advisory committee was created pursuant to Section 24-82...

Criteria and Procedures for the Gift or Loan of Objects of Art or Memorials (2014)

This document has been created to provide persons and organizations with information regarding the procedures and criteria established by the State Capitol Building Advisory Committee for the placement of donated or l...

State of Colorado Legislative Council: Responsibilities and Procedures (2016)

Quick Facts About the Legislative Council The 18-member Legislative Council is comprised of nine Senators and nine Representatives, including the six members of the Executive Committee. The Legislative Council elects...

Meeting Agenda - Statutory Revision Committee - 20161213

Overview of the Colorado Open Records Act (2016)

The Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) 1 creates a presumption in favor of public access to government documents. This issue brief addresses CORA’s two threshold questions: 1) what is and is not considered a public reco...

Capital Development Committee Responsibilities and Definitions

Responsibilities and Definitions The Capital Development Committee (CDC) was established in 1985 (House Bill 85-1070), and its statutory charge is found under Section 2-3-1301, et seq., C.R.S.

Capital Development Committee Information and Procedures

Capital Development Committee (CDC) Information and Procedures

Title Board Hearing Dates and Related Deadlines (12/2016 - 4/2017)

Schedule of Title Board Hearing Dates and Related Deadlines (December 2016 – April 2017)

Understanding the State Budget Information Paper

Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture Each year, the General Assembly is tasked with balancing constitutional, statutory, and federal requirements with a host of other considerations, such as competing polic...

Understanding the State Budget Presentation

Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture Where do our taxes go? State Government Revenue General Fund Budget TABOR Revenue Limit

FY 2016-17 Operating Budget Summary Graphics

New Legislator Orientation Phase II: FY 2016-17 State Operating Budget Overview

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Senate Rules At A Glance

House Rules at a Glance

Colorado's Efforts to Address Suicide (2016)

Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data.  In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number ...

School Discipline Policies (2016)

This memorandum responds to your request for information on school discipline policies.  Specifically, you were contacted by a constituent expressing concern about several incidents at her granddaughter’s elementary s...

Colorado Judges (2016)

Colorado’s state court system is comprised of many different courts, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals (COA), and district courts. Colorado law also governs county courts and jurisdiction-specific cour...

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast (2016)

Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.  In April 2015, the state received $88.1 million.  This memorandum presents the distribution of the rece...

Oversight and Review of Capital Projects (2016)

This memorandum provides information about the oversight and review of capital projects. It defines capital projects and gives a sequential overview of the capital process, including master and program planning requir...

Medicaid Trends and Cost Drivers (2016)

This memorandum provides information on recent trends in Medicaid caseload growth and drivers of state Medicaid expenditures. Included in this memorandum is a ten-year history and three years of projections for Colora...

2018 Appropriations History